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Kinetic Solar Envelope
- Paper by Christina Koukelli · Alejandro Prieto · Serdar Asut
Kinetic responsive systems are gaining attention in architectural applications, to reduce the building’s energy consumption and environmental impact,

October 11, 2022
Episode 10: Modular Prefab & Offsite Manufacturing
- Podcast by Graham Finch · Vincent Davenport
Special guests Graham Finch, Senior Building Science Specialist at RDH Building Science, and Vincent Davenport from EllisDon's Construction Sciences Group join us to explore the relevance, issues and developments of modular prefabrication and offsite construction practices.

November 18, 2020
Enhancing an Icon: 71 Above at the US Bank Tower
- Article by Amanda Weko
The 71Above restaurant on the 71st floor of the U.S. Bank Tower features 192 electrochromic windows installed by Giroux Glass, Inc. Explore the sensory experience made possible by glazing choices and why we’re apt to see more tech-driven smart window installations in the future.

July 11, 2018
An Energy-harvesting Building Facade
- Paper by Fangliang Chen, Ph.D., PE · Qiliang Lin, Ph.D. · Tejav DeGanyar, Ph.D., PE · Huiming Yin, Ph.D., PE,
In order to reduce energy consumption throughout the whole life-cycle of buildings and increase the comfort performance of building sectors, an

January 24, 2020
Heat-actuated Auxetic Facades
- Paper by Amira Abdel-Rahman · Elnaz Tafrihi
Highly transformable materials can be used as adaptive exterior shading systems by leveraging the relationship between external stimuli (heat) and

March 14, 2018
Introducing the FTI Video Library
- Announcement
We are excited to announce the launch of our video library featuring a selection of past live event recordings now available, exclusively to FTI members. Our events bring international audiences together to explore industry issues, trends, and emerging technologies as they relate to buildings...

April 13, 2021
Artwork Becomes Facadework: A Collaboration with Olafur Eliasson
- Paper by Stephen Katz, Technical Director
What is the difference between artwork and facadework? How can artwork be integrated into building façades? What are the possibilities when a façade…
October 11, 2022
Recent Adaptive Textile Façade Systems
- Paper by Lucio Blandini, Director, Full Professor Moon-Young Jeong, Doctoral Researcher Michael Voigt, Doctoral Researcher, IKTD, University of Stuttgart Jonathan Lopez, Doctoral Researcher Hannah Schürmann, Doctoral Researcher Arina Cazan, Research Assistant Hannah Raisch, Student Daniel Roth, Head of Research Group Methodical Product Development, IKTD, University of Stuttgart Maria Matheou, Junior Professor
Adaptive facade systems are a promising approach to achieve a dynamic response to varying weather conditions and user demands. The interdisciplinary…
September 2, 2024
Developments in Gridshell Design
- Paper by Cristobal Correa P.E., Principal Craig Schwitter P.E., Principal
In 1959 Heinz Isler challenged the world of concrete shell design by proposing a series of shapes for shells that were very different from what most…
March 22, 2020
Kaleidoscope: Bringing the Lens of Embodied Carbon to the Early Design Process - Becca McGee Sturgeon
- Article by Becca McGee Sturgeon
What environmental impact does one object have on the world? This is the question at the core of life cycle assessments (LCA); the embodied carbon lens. ...the current architectural practice rarely provides enough time to explore this type of examination.

September 27, 2021
Transfer Topologies
- Paper by Nada Tarkhan, Project Manager
This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design.…
March 21, 2020
Blurred Edges
- Paper by Elizabeth L. McCormick AIA, WELL AP, LEED AP, CPHC, Assistant Professor
Sealed indoor environments have created artificial, homogeneous ecosystems that sever ties between humans and the natural world. This paper…
September 2, 2024
Rethinking Building Skins
- Paper by Eugenia Gasparri · Arianna Brambilla · Gabriele Lobaccaro · Francesco Goia · Annalisa Andaloro · Alberto Sangiorgio
Building skins play a pivotal role in architecture. Other than the aesthetical and architectural aspects, facades are key to the climate performance,

October 11, 2022